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| Local Pet Events |
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| Red Poppy Festival, Georgetown |
April, 4th Weekend |
| Pet Expo, Georgetown |
September, 3rd Saturday |
| Christmas Stroll, Georgetown |
December, 1st Weekend |
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Market Days on the Square |
From March thru December, GAO staffs the Georgetown Animal Shelter adoption trailer in downtown Georgetown on the 2nd Saturday from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. Animals from the shelter are brought to the square and showcased for prospective adopters to view and handle. If you’d like to volunteer to exercise the animals and tend to their needs, assist visitors with an animal, and inform visitors about the Animal Shelter and GAO’s programs and activities, call GAO at 863-6006 for information or drop by the adoption trailer and speak to a volunteer. |
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PetsMart in Georgetown |
On every Saturday except the 2nd, GAO has volunteers at the Wolf Ranch PetsMart store to assist people who may be interested in adopting one of the animals on display from the Georgetown Animal Shelter. At other times, shoppers may see a GAO volunteer in the store with a dog that is available for adoption from the shelter. Speak to the volunteer or call GAO (863-6006) if you would enjoy being a part of this enjoyable and fulfilling work. |
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GAO Meeting Schedule |
GAO conducts a monthly general business meeting at which visitors are always welcome to attend. All meetings are held at the Parks & Recreation Building at 1101 College Avenue (at the corner of D.L. Walden Drive) beginning at seven o’clock on the first Tuesday of each odd numbered month; i.e., March, May, July, September and November.
The Annual Membership meeting is scheduled for January 15, 2008. The time and place are the same as above. At this special meeting, activities from the previous year are reviewed, which is a good opportunity for new members and visitors to learn more about GAO’s programs and activities.
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Community Stories |
This space is reserved for stories written by pet owners. If you have a story to tell, perhaps a personal experience with your pet, mail or e-mail your story to GAO, P.O. Box 1684, Georgetown, Texas, 78627 and you may see it here. Stories related to an animal adopted from the Georgetown Animal Shelter are of particular interest, though any story will be considered. GAO reserves the right to reject or accept stories submitted, and to edit a story for length. |
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Even the sweetest of dogs can run into a bad string of luck! Dozier landed at the Georgetown Animal Shelter for the first time with his mom and a batch of littermates when he was a baby. He got his name because he would just bull doze his way to the food bowl. He was adopted while he was a cute little fur ball but, as all puppies do, he needed stuff to chew on so the people brought him back to the shelter. But he was so cute that some other folks adopted him – alas, they had another dog who didn’t appreciate Dozier’s presence, so back to the shelter again.This time the volunteers at the shelter really took notice of what a special dog they had here and sent his application into Texas Hearing and Service Dogs. They were impressed! He really did a great job on all of the behavioral tests. But, as should be the case, he needed a full health check-up before he could be a service dog. That’s when the hip issue became clear. He was born with severe hip dysplasia (the end of his leg bone was rubbing the edge of his hip socket instead of sitting inside of it). Major surgery was needed – and Dozier (with the help of his human buddies) raised enough money to have his hips fixed! How, you might ask? A doggie-kissing-booth on the square, in Georgetown during an out adoption event was the answer! |
Two months and two hip surgeries later, Dozier had endured a significant amount of pain and trauma. The ends of his femurs (the ball on the top of each of his rear leg bones) were sawed off to keep them from rubbing on his hip joints and causing such pain. He had to learn to walk again, and without a growl or a grimace, he did! It was hard work, but he’s a trooper. Everybody who worked with him commented on what a special dog he is – even when he was in pain, he still gave kisses and wagged his tail a mile a minute. |
By Christmas he was off to his permanent home in Virginia where his new owner lives. All the volunteers who worked with him were teary-eyed when he left. Today, Dozier runs without pain and, this dog that was abandoned over and over again, is finally home forever!
The Georgetown Animal Shelter and Georgetown Animal Outreach wish to thank everyone in the community for their donations of time and money that helped GAO save Dozier's life and find him a new home.
If you are interested in helping GAO care for pets like Dozier, please go to “Donations to GAO” on this website and specify that your donation is intended for the “Surgery Fund”. |
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“Taz”, a Sharpei and Welsh Corgi mix, was a member of the “unwanted animals club” and was turned in to the Georgetown Animal Shelter. Because he came into the shelter with heartworms, he was given to a foster family to care for until he could get better. He loves to play and only wanted a permanent home to share. His favorite thing to do is lay beside your feet when you are working on the computer or watching television. And if you don’t watch carefully, he'll climb up on the couch beside you and you'll end up with a soft, warm head in your lap. “Taz” has such a generous heart that he desperately wanted to GIVE to a family who would love him and take care of him. |
There was concern about Taz's chances of finding a home since he was already five years old, and statistically, adult dogs have a hard time finding their way home from an animal shelter. According to a National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy Study in 1997, roughly 64% of the total number of animals that entered shelters were euthanized -- approximately 2.7 million animals in just 1,000 shelters, and older animals make up a majority of those statistics.Fortunately for Taz, a combination of our community's generous donations and care went to help Taz find the home he'd been dreaming of. Those donations included medicine and treatment to cure his heartworms (Thank you Dr. Stummer, CastleRock Veterinary Hospital!), volunteer efforts to arrange for his transportation to the shelter’s Out Adoption sites where he met his new owners, and the very generous donation of time and love by a very wonderful Georgetown Animal Shelter foster family. |
The Georgetown Animal Shelter and GAO wish to thank everyone in the community for their donations of time and money that helped save Taz's life and find him a new home.
If you are interested in helping GAO care for pets like Taz, please go to “Donations to GAO” on this website and specify that your donation is intended for the “Surgery Fund”. |
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In December 2004, a Georgetown lady was visiting her son and family in Corpus Christi and enjoying a day trip in the bay on his boat. They were some distance out in the bay and had decided to turn the boat to shore and call it a day. As the boat turned, they spotted something in the water, and getting closer they were shocked to see an adult dog laboring against the current. Why would a dog be in the water this far from shore, and be swimming away from shore? With the help of two fishermen in a smaller nearby boat, they were able to haul the very tired and exhausted dog onboard. Attempts to feed the drenched critter failed, and she appeared to be too exhausted and stressed to take food. She was terrified and remained below deck in a secluded corner during the ride to shore. |
The lady and her family soon discovered that the rescued female was pregnant. It remains a mystery why the dog was in the surf so far from shore, but it seems likely that she may have been tossed, or left to jump, overboard. Without the rescue, she would most certainly have drowned, and perhaps in only a few more minutes. Her situation was certainly desperate.
The Corpus Christi family had another dog(s) and was unable to keep the rescued dog that would come to be known as “Lady Blue.” The kind lady from Georgetown brought Lady Blue to her home where she remained until she had delivered five puppies and raised them to weaning age.
When Lady Blue’s puppies reached the age when they could be adopted, GAO was contacted for assistance; to help find permanent homes for a lucky mom and her puppies. In large part through GAO’s effort and support, temporary homes were found and a story appeared in the Williamson County SUN. Numerous people came forward with offers to adopt. Even after all were adopted and in warm welcome homes, GAO continued to receive phone calls from people inquiring about the Lady Blue they had come to know and care about through the newspaper article. (Thank you, Williamson County Sun.) |
What began as a perilous afternoon in Corpus Christi bay ended a couple months later on a happy note for all. Lady Blue became the companion of two wonderful ladies in Austin and is healthy and happy going to soccer games and on hiking trips. Each of the five puppies survived and were placed in good homes with the help of another Austin-area organization, “Blue Dog Rescue”.
GAO wants to thank everyone in the community for their encouragement and donations of time and money that helped bring the Lady Blue Story to a happy conclusion. A special ‘thank you’ to the unselfish and caring lady who literally fished a dog from the sea and cared for it until permanent homes came along.
If you are interested in helping GAO care for pets like Lady Blue, please go to “Donations to GAO” on this website. Your support is needed and greatly appreciated. |
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